マユミ spindle tree

葉は紅葉して美しいですが、赤い実もとても見栄えします。
木の質は、強くよくしなるので、古くは弓の材料とされ、現在でも将棋の駒がマユミから作られます。

The leaf turns yellow and it is beautiful, and the fruit which becomes red look nice also.
This tree has the nature of strong repulsion, so it was used for the material of a bow in the old days. And the piece of Japanese chess is still made from this tree.